Saturday’s Mind & Life Summer Research Institute continued with presentations from top-tier scientists and contemplative scholars. The First Morning Session featured Adele Diamond, Ph.D., Possible Ways to Prevent or Remediate Executive Function Deficits during Childhood, Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood. Adele explained that “executive functions […]
The scientific exploration resumed Friday, following a day of silence, including contemplative practices of mediation and walking mediation, along with meditation instruction and contemplative instructions from contemplatives Sharon Salzberg, Will Kabat-Zinn, Geshe Dorji Damdul and Tsoknyi Rinpoche. The First Morning Session of Day 5 was Teacher-Student Int […]
Day 3 opened with the customary yoga followed by meditation. Today’s First Moring Session featured the talk, The Development of Consciousness in Childhood by Philip Zelazo, Ph.D. The talk addressed the development of reflective control processes in childhood, how this development is influenced by language and culture, and implications of this research in un […]
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